There are a lot of videos and notes online that we can find. I've search and found OpenTuition.com website and really love their notes and video. I download them so that I'm able to here watch them and understand the concept.
Video List : https://opentuition.com/cima/cima-f3/cima-f3-lectures/
Download the notes : https://opentuition.com/cima/ - Select the paper you take
Here are the steps how I download the videos
Step 1 : Go to the any of the Video List and click to the blue wording
Step 2 : Click play and click the word Youtube below the video to view it in youtube.
Step 3 : Copy the youtube link
Step 4 : Paste the link and click download
Download video at this link
https://en.savefrom.net/#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Ftime_continue%3D29%26v%3DGr-HPvqxlPM
Really easy right!
From their website, I plan my study according to their videos list as follows.
A: FORMULATION OF FINANCIAL STRATEGY
Chapter 1
Financial and non-financial objectives
1.1 Introduction (7m)
1.2 Stakeholder Exercise (7m)
1.3 Objectives of entities (10m)
1.4 Examples (6m)
2.1 Evaluation of financial objectives – Ratios and growth trends (12m)
2.2 Evaluation of financial objectives – Investor ratios (1) (20m)
2.2 Evaluation of financial objectives – Investor ratios (2) (7m)
2.3 Evaluation of financial objectives – Economic changes (20m)
2.4 Evaluation of financial objectives – Foreign exchange rates (5m)
Chapter 2
Sustainability and Integrated reporting
1 Sustainability and Integrated Reporting – Introduction (12m)
2 Sustainability (GRI) (20m)
3 Integrated Reporting and Examples (31m)
Chapter 3
Financial Management Policy Decisions
1.0 Financial Management Policy Decisions – Introduction (15m)
2.1 Hedging – Introduction (14m)
2.2 Hedging – Cash flow hedge accounting (13m)
2.3 Hedging – Fair value hedge accounting (8m)
2.4 Hedging – Net investment hedge (17m)
2.5 Hedging – Criteria and effectiveness (21m)
3.0 Financial instruments – Disclosure (IFRS 7) (8m)
B: FINANCING AND DIVIDEND DECISIONS
Chapter 4
Changes in capital structure
1. Capital structure (theories) (32m)
2. Capital structure (formulae) (12m)
Chapter 5
Long-term debt finance
1. Long term debt finance (20m)
2. Returns on debt finance and debt covenants (7m)
3. Swaps (1) (20m)
4. Swaps (2) (8m)
5. Convertibles and warrants (20m)
6. Lease or buy (21m)
Chapter 6
Equity finance
1. New share issues (public issue) (24m)
2. New share issues (rights issue and other issues) (21m)
3. TERP and impact on shareholder wealth (5m)
4. Yield adjusted theoretical ex-rights price (9m)
5. Unquoted companies and further share issues (11m)
Chapter 7
Corporate Dividend Policy (22m)
C: CORPORATE FINANCE
Chapter 8
Implications of acquisitions, mergers and divestments
Mergers and acquisitions (1) (26m)
Mergers and acquisitions (2) (15m)
Chapter 9
Divestments (21m)
Chapter 10
Entity valuation – Theoretical Approach
1. Equity valuation – no growth (8m)
2. Equity valuation – constant growth (5m)
3. Free cash flow – introduction (12m)
4. Free cash flow – example (6m)
5. Free cash flow and valuation (15m)
6. Valuation of debt (15m)
Chapter 11
Entity Valuation – Practical Issues
1. Entity valuation – Practical issue (introduction) (8m)
2. Net assets and intangibles valuations (22m)
3. Earnings valuations (15m)
Chapter 12
Pricing issues and post-transaction issues (11m)
Chapter 13
Systematic risk and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
1. Introduction (12m)
2. CAPM (1) (14m)
3. CAPM (2) – Examples (7m)
4. CAPM (3) – Investment appraisal (6m)
5. Alpha values (5m)
6. Geared and ungeared betas (1) (20m)
7. Geared and ungeard betas (2) (20m)
Chapter 14
Efficient Market Hypothesis (24m)
Hope we can follow the study plan together. Good Luck!
Shidah Abdullah
Hi everyone!
I'm creating this blog to share any info that I found from the internet relating to CIMA examination. Haha! F3 is the toughest paper among all for the strategic level for me. I've failed 5 times. Might be I'm not that prepared for the examination.
Now! The system have change to an online examination. I'm planning to schedule the exam in August 2018 and focus to pass this paper and proceed with Top CIMA.
I'm creating this blog to share any info that I found from the internet relating to CIMA examination. Haha! F3 is the toughest paper among all for the strategic level for me. I've failed 5 times. Might be I'm not that prepared for the examination.
Now! The system have change to an online examination. I'm planning to schedule the exam in August 2018 and focus to pass this paper and proceed with Top CIMA.
